Detroit Tigers vs Kansas City Royals
August 13, 1976 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 13, 1976 at Royals Stadium. The Detroit Tigers defeated the Kansas City Royals and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Detroit Tigers 3, Kansas City Royals 2

Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
LeFlore cf 4 1 2 0
Oglivie lf 2 0 0 1
Staub rf 4 0 1 1
Horton dh 3 0 0 0
Thompson 1b 3 0 0 0
Rodriguez 3b 4 0 0 0
Veryzer ss 4 1 1 0
Wockenfuss c 4 0 1 1
Scrivener 2b 3 1 0 0
Ruhle p 0 0 0 0
  Hiller p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 3 5 3
Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Cowens rf 4 0 1 1
Otis cf 4 0 1 0
Brett 3b 4 1 1 0
Mayberry 1b 4 0 1 1
McRae dh 4 0 1 0
  Hall pr,dh 0 0 0 0
Poquette lf 3 0 1 0
  Wohlford ph 1 0 0 0
Stinson c 3 0 0 0
  Rojas ph 1 0 0 0
Patek ss 2 1 1 0
  Quirk ph,ss 1 0 1 0
  Martinez ph 1 0 0 0
White 2b 1 0 1 0
  Jones ph 1 0 0 0
  Nelson 2b 0 0 0 0
Fitzmorris p 0 0 0 0
  Mingori p 0 0 0 0
  Littell p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 2 9 2
Detroit 000 001 110350
Kansas City 000 001 001291
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Ruhle  W (7-9) 8.0 7 2 2 1 1
  Hiller  SV (11) 1.0 2 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
9
2
2
1
2
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Fitzmorris  L (14-8) 7.0 4 3 3 2 4
  Mingori   0.1 1 0 0 0 0
  Littell   1.2 0 0 0 1 1
Totals
9.0
5
3
3
3
5

  E–Patek (16).  2B–Detroit Veryzer (8,off Fitzmorris); Wockenfuss (7,off Fitzmorris), Kansas City Brett (25,off Ruhle).  SH–Oglivie (2,off Mingori).  SF–Oglivie (3,off Fitzmorris).  SB–Thompson (1,2nd base off Fitzmorris/Stinson); Patek (43,2nd base off Ruhle/Wockenfuss); White (17,2nd base off Ruhle/Wockenfuss); Otis (20,2nd base off Ruhle/Wockenfuss).  CS–Cowens (13,2nd base by Ruhle/Wockenfuss).  U-HP–Bill Haller, 1B–Ron Luciano, 2B–Al Clark, 3B–Larry McCoy.  T–2:32.  A–25,215.
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